With apologies to Endgame, this is easily the biggest week of the moviegoing year, with a film that’s been anticipated for nearly …
Category: Reviews
The Rise of Skywalker Concludes Four Decades of Star Wars
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker opens Thursday in extremely wide release; a spoiler-free review follows. Perhaps we’ll reconvene after …
Cats Makes a Disturbing Leap From Stage to Screen
Thirty-eight years ago, a upstart composer called Andrew Lloyd Webber, having previously made a name for himself by adapting Bible stories and …
Film Club: Jojo Rabbit, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and The Irishman
So … what was the best movie you saw in November Morgen: Luckily, I hadn’t yet tossed up my review of Jojo …
Wyatt Earp Helped Write His Own Hagiography, Says New Documentary, ‘And With Him Came the West’
And With Him Came the West (2019 | USA | 77 minutes | Mike Plante) It’s easy to see why Wyatt Earp …
In Dark Waters Corporate Malfeasance is No Fun
Dark Waters (2019 | United States | 126 minutes | Todd Haynes) Todd Haynes has a rich history of finding the often-ignored …
Knives Out is the Most Fun You Can Spend with a Terrible Family this Holiday Season
Knives Out (2019 | United States | 130 Minutes | Rian Johnson) For his eighty-fifth birthday, legendary mystery writer Harlan Thrombey used …
On Screen: Knives Out, Dark Waters, Waves, Marriage Story, Queen and Slim
Luckily for film lovers, it’s a four day weekend. Skip the madness of holiday sales and use the time off to catch …
On Screen: Honey Boy, Mr. Rogers, The Irishman, Bound
The very biggest release of this moviegoing week is Disney’s much-anticipated return to the Frozen Cinematic Universe. Chris caught a preview and …
Here We Let It Go Again: Frozen II is Even Better Than You Hoped It Would Be
Frozen II (2019 | USA | 103 minutes | directors: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee) According to Lester Dent’s formula for writing …